Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib al Hasan has made big progress in the ICC Men’s Test player’s latest ranking following his performance in the first of the two-match series against hosts West Indies.
Left-handed all-rounder Shakib moved up 14 slots to 32nd position among batters after knocks of 51 and 63 in Antigua Test, which Bangladesh lost by seven wickets.
A former top-ranked all-rounder Shakib has also made a development in the all-rounder rankings moving up two slots to second position in that list albeit 39 rating points behind of India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. With 385 rating points Jadeja is on the top of the list while Shakib is has 346 points.
Bangladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz also moved up six places in the Test bowling rankings, to 30th position after his four-wicket haul in the first innings of the first Test against Windies.
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach, who was adjudged the player of the match in Antigua thanks to picking up seven wickets including a five-wicket haul in the second innings, has progressed from 12th to the eighth position, just one off his career-best seventh rank attained in December 2014. He moved into the top 10 for the first time in more than two years.
Bangladesh and West Indies face off in the second and final Test from June 24 at Saint Lucia.